Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-09
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Gallant Dakota Man May
10" Soc in Washington

r.o,n The CNlcd1' -'e"'e
mi. have a good time in Washing-
D'U would a duck have good time IN
pom scre lot of June bugs! MY dear
Il en i ia an article of my creed that
|'sl .o,o always take their own KIND OF a
ps~p with them and have IL Wherever
/ they CO." potor DOMAIN who has
ln" o,urned from the national capital.
IllsI rev. noorIe ,, he continued, shave
"stupiu 81 isa greeable people dis
stupid I'M, and go on. OF course l
agreeAo'0 70 nave tolerably good ana
mahase+ time almost anywhere. But
<pleasssantt, va had TO be the worst type OF
zToul9 DO" social dyspeptic and NULL
lNOt tto "u N and Washington anything out
gTuuUgl during nv visit. L went there
cnaIl avtvo DAYS and stayed nearly three
10 stS' Though the White House SET
weeks, istakablv dull and common
zS un, .ho canital has not known more
ylaGe, W. oeoson for years. Leaving out
pIllll"n no,,nt the gorgeous entertainments
Oh tno me ,,aonle as the Whitneys and some
OF suoI pppeiGc slope bonanzaites, who set
Of tue iuoo.Teed themselves into lmmor-
GUY " =. has heen an endless Wnlrl OF
lSIiy ;,;ors lunches, dinners, muslcales,
recep'Ioh, aas teas. teas, till plain,
baii', anu nG S son OF toll from DEVILS
1oIn a n r found himself leased almost
10 death or Distraction. -. .nu,;ororo
~. .ha women. to be sure. In spite oil
W, ~ no trash and twaddle of such penny
NJ i,' sr0 ,ibeIers az Henry James, theirs are
n,,i ,roroen on Gods earth that campare
Nv n,.h onr own American women. A LADY
~ Washington the other day asked me II
~ Ill INV travels ! had not foand some
i oorntry preferred to my own. SAD:
Il Madam. when l contemplate our Ameri-
noIitics and politicians L DO 1t
with patent-nipper clothespln on
4 NV nose. When / look at our congresses,
i iec,slatures. and boards OF alder
i men or think of the vile herd that we
i oliow TO vote and control our national,
4 safe aud municipal governments, am
filled with unutterable loathlng, ana often
i feel like expatriating myself. But one
4 hing holds me true to my native land.
4 might chance my country, Out Where
could ever find such countrywomen! L
have seen the women OF nearly every lahd
and race under heaven, and one genuine
H American girl or woman com pines
in herself the best and loVeliest qualities
nf them all-the fire and sentiment
Of the ideal Spanish senorlta or Itallan
sjpnora. The exquisite taste OF the French
madame or mademOiselle, and the pure,
hipb womanhood OF the English maid or
matron. with a grace and beauty to be
found in our own glorious hemisphere
alone. There is no God but Allah, and
our women are his masterpieces. My
patriotism, madame, has feminine string
4 10 it. Nv LOYALTY is unshakable while
our American women remain as they are,
peerless among all the nationalities OF The
world
And Washington this season has
4 swarmed with lovely specimens of this
mstchless new-world womanhOod. 1baVe
not seen so many beautiful women and
girls tOeether since the days when Matte
0uld, Lizzie Cabell, JAMIE SutherliD, and
Sallie Rutherford of Virginia, Bette
4 Vance, Kate and Emma Ward. and Lena
4 Jacobs OF Kentucky, Sallie Shannon of
Kansas. Laura Dennis and Alice Freeney
Of Maryland, and all their beauteous
sisterh0od, gave the Virginia " hite Sui
#pbur Springs a worldwide fame.
who was the belle? have too much
Regard for my scalp to hazard 4 one-girl-
poWer reply to that question. There were
severa OF her. Such receptions as Mrs.
Carllsle's Mrs. COckrelPs, Mrs. Vance's,
4 Mrs. John Sherman's. Mrs. Cheatbam's,
& Mrs. DOlpb's, Mrs. Zane's, Mrs. BEETLE
81 Beck GOodloe's, the Misses Riggs, or
8 Mme Romero's literally swarmed with
& girls and young married women, any one
& Of whom would worthily wear the rose
Jeat chaplet of bellaship or the golden
crown OF queenship. rather think Ken
lucky and Tennessee carried off first
81 honors.
miss Currie Duke, & daughter of Gen.
Basil Duke. of Knoxville, KY, was GER
fanny one OF the queens of the rosebud
warden OF girls; dainty and bewitching
little brunette, slender and willowy, with
oellcately chiseled features, aud great
9ark-DroWn eyes that once described as
IKE those OF startled young antelope
lawn. She is marvellous performer on
Ine violin, genius, and a beauty: and
was IN such constant demand that il she
hSu oeen TWO dozens OF herself they would
an nave oeen kept busy receiving atten-
uon, giving pleasure and hearing pleasant
'ulnSs SAID about themselves.
MSS Susie Preston Hart. of Yer.
'"illes, NY, was another of the favorites
nu%.i' magnificent in figure, with a face
,%u.IiesS III Its loneliness; lair as the
'eGlns air clad In the beauty of a thou.
o aIu stars; eXquisltely arched eyebrows
- '" oh oolt, brown eyes that sometimes seem
T ~ oualge 70 the gray OF tropical dawn.
Sduna,'lnilns IN manner and bright ia con.
nv q Th' ao' one was always surrounded
|" apattallon OF admirers.
:, Miss Mary L. Dsaring, of Tv,cbhurr
Mrs C CO. was under the chaperonage of
be h' oiIn u Clay, OF Alabama, would
vomon III any assemblage of lovely
OloWh eyes, and a wealth of brown w." Sa;.
lowing o a head classical in sham ond
sW her manners are wondertuiiD
zee zee ana winning, and she ia y hrili;ant
/ tbe NY satona1st-in fact, Lamnton Of
uocd asnlngton Critic. now And then
fsn ,u ueF sparkling speeches to snice h;s
Ne Judge Wax-m' columns!
4 Son'ss agnes D0lph. oaughtar ~ ,I,o
BRINE from oregon, a tall and oueenlv
M ,sa ~ With her black.eyed onsin
drar, Cueheal, makes cbarmIuCr noi,. ~
Always crowded. ie0epIions a'e
lookin,, a, ti"Hlphihs. of Louisville. arernI.
a farm, ~ 80 WIN superb darl; ewes. AND
prouaIv r ,u"C Juno herself mlgbt hsye
and gadd Urn among ali the classic oohs
iva s"uu sses OF high Olymnus. aHds No."
boiroaa ouSins. Miss GoodIna y .oi, ue'
o. VIZ Wuslcal-Volced blonde - s'i M
iorn1, al enchanting little deh"tan.n
OF mo pnehlucky trinity-Fhrea Grace
Becg,, Diue-Grass Eden--at sanate'
tongues. praises were on many
na1 IisS 5, Lima Harrison. aorch.on -
great IA aSFrlson of CHICAGO. recaI,,d.a
sd% avu eal OF attention and w. 1U0s''sa
were T na.. Eastern women wondnrod n 70 !,
made ~ p'S Ssole that her costnmas ~ ~
Of Nil !" WTnicago, and one OF the hrIgH "e.t
K. Ham, shlngtonians, Miss sa,In'",.